Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Charadriiformes > Suborder Charadrii > Superfamily Stercorarioidea > Family Stercorariidae > Genus Stercorarius

Stercorarius skua (Brünnich, 1764)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stercorarius*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name
*Catharacta*	Brünnich, 1764	synonym
*Lestris*	Illiger, 1811	synonym

Species group names

*Catharacta skua*	Brünnich, 1764	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: mtorkjove sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: grote jager sources: Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

English: great skua

French: grande labbe; stercoraire brun sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.;De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264

German: grosse Raul Möwe; Skua sources: De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264;Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

Greek: Αετοληστόγλαρος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Icelandic: skùmur sources: De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264

Norwegian Bokmål: storjo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: storjo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish Gaelic: meirleach mór sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: storlabb sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Поморник великий

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.